GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon R9 M275X

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 M275X, which has a clock speed of 900 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1125 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R9 M275X		50 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		75 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is 19% quicker than the Radeon R9 M275X overall, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M275X		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 14016 (19%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is a lot (about 86%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R9 M275X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M275X		36000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 30816 (86%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be much (about 132%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon R9 M275X, and able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M275X		14400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19008 (132%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.